FEBRUARY 14
Speaking and reading at the Pen Parentis literary salon: Austin Ratner, Amelia Kaheney, and Stephen Stark.

FEBRUARY 16
The band Betty will workshop new music at 92YTribeca.

FEBRUARY 17–MARCH 30
At FB Gallery: “FB gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in New York of Brazilian artist Rodrigo Martins. […]In his paintings and drawings, Rodrigo represents slightly unusual situations that evoke feelings of strangeness and brutality. The images are fragmented, layered and at the same time appear to be merging. Musical influences, rhythmic patterns appear and give a sensation of time at once passing and frozen.”

FEBRUARY 23–MARCH 31
Cecilia Vissers at Masters & Pelavin: “Inspired by the landscape of ‘the far north’ of Scotland during a trip in 2011, Cecilia decided to focus on the cliffs and extreme edges of land, this is the most north-westerly point in mainland Britain. Isolated and dramatic. This work is an abstraction of the landscape, its purity, color and clear line. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery and in the US.”

FEBRUARY 24
Another show (this one acoustic) by Wyclef Jean at City Winery.

THROUGH FEBRUARY 25
Karim Ghidinelli’s “Individually Collected” at Cheryl Hazan.

FEBRUARY 25
“BMCC Tribeca PAC is proud to bring back NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston for a special concert: Randy Weston African Rhythms Orchestra Celebrate James Reese Europe & the Harlem Hellfighters.”

MARCH 6–APRIL 27
At RH Gallery: “‘Underworlds Rising’ is Yi Zhou’s first solo exhibition in the United States. The exhibition is built around Zhou’s 2010 short film The Greatness, a 3-D animated film inspired by Dante’s pilgrimage in The Divine Comedy set to a soundtrack produced in collaboration with Ennio Morricone. The film begins with a Grecian vase, modeled after Pharrell Williams’ head, shattering into pieces.”

MARCH 7–31
The Krappy Kamera Show at Soho Photo: “This unique and eagerly awaited exhibition [...] will feature images that have been produced using equipment from the low end of the technological scale. The concept underlying this show is that in the hands of an artist, any piece of equipment can be used to create engaging photographs. The Krappy camera includes well-known names such as Diana and Holga as well as obscure junk-store finds and homemade pinhole jobs.

MARCH 12
City Winery hosts a preview/rehearsal of the Rolling Stones tribute to be held at Carnegie Hall (that show will definitely feature “Art Garfunkel, Marianne Faithfull, Rickie Lee Jones, Ronnie Spector, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Marc Cohn, The Mountain Goats, Peaches, Jovanotti & TV on the Radio, Glen Hansard of The Swell Season, Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Jackie Greene and more to be announced”). This one goes out to my friend Shawnda—we used to scream along to this on road trips….

MARCH 22–TBD
At the Museum of Jewish Heritage: “Filming the Camps: John Ford, Samuel Fuller, and George Stevens: From Hollywood to Nuremberg.” Hollywood directors John Ford, George Stevens, and Samuel Fuller entertained audiences with American cinema classics like The Grapes of Wrath, Shane, and The Big Red One. But their most important contribution to history was their work in the U.S. Armed Forces and Secret Services, filming the realities of war and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. [..] ‘Filming the Camps’ presents rare footage of the liberation of Dachau with detailed directors’ notes, narratives describing burials at Falkenau, and the documentary produced as evidence at the Nuremberg trials, among other historic material. Now, for the first time in the U.S., this material is being made available to a general audience.”

FEBRUARY 2–18
One Art Space presents “Big Picture” a solo exhibition by the American artist John Boone.

FEBRUARY 3
Eighties flicks Some Kind of Wonderful and Can’t Buy Me Love screen at 92YTribeca—and Wonderful star Mary Stuart Masterson will be there for a Q&A.

FEBRUARY 8
Adam Gopnik at 92YTribeca: “Gopnik will deliver highlights from his 2011 CBC Massey Lectures (available in book form as Winter), followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Canada’s CBC Massey Lectures celebrated 50 years in 2011 with five lectures from Gopnik on the subject of winter—the season, the space, the cycle. A stunning, beautiful meditation buoyed by Gopnik’s trademark gentle wit, the five Winter lectures offer an enchanting homage to an idea of a season and a captivating journey through the modern imagination.”

FEBRUARY 9
“The Daily Show” writers are back doing more stand-up comedy at 92YTribeca.

FEBRUARY 9–MARCH 3
“Re-Make/Re-Model,” a show of work by Charles Lutz, is at Hionas Gallery: “Lutz’s wandering eye is keen to the satirical, the sexual and the absurd, found in objects both mundane and iconic, from Warhol’s appropriated Brillo boxes, re-appropriated by Lutz for a somber result in cold black stainless steel, to Franz Kline’s fluid action brushstrokes, re-made to reveal disparate body parts lustfully intertwined.”

FEBRUARY 11 AND 12
From New Amsterdam Market: “Join us for our second annual Valentine’s Gift Shop & Soda Fountain, held this year in a spectacular warehouse space provided by the South Street Seaport Museum. The shop will feature sweets, pastries, chocolates, and coffee among other specialties, and a Soda Fountain operated by P&H Soda and The Bent Spoon.” Left: a photo of last year’s shop, courtesy New Amsterdam Market.

FEBRUARY 15
Dune screens at 92YTribeca.

FEBRUARY 22
David Lynch’s Wild at Heart screens at 92YTribeca. This scene is a Steven Meisel photo shoot waiting to happen.

FEBRUARY 24–25
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me screens at 92YTribeca: “In 1992, David Lynch returned to the fictional town he helped create for the initially popular, then near-entirely shunned television series ‘Twin Peaks.’ This is a prequel focusing on the troubled character—Laura Palmer (a spectacular Sheryl Lee)—who is a corpse when the show begins. Freed of boob-tube constraints, and mostly absent the series’ leavening humor, Lynch traces the final week of Laura’s life in horrifying yet empathetic detail. The film was booed after its premiere at Cannes, where Lynch had taken top prize for Wild at Heart two years earlier, and received mostly negative reviews. But Fire Walk With Me‘s standing has gradually increased (the great French filmmaker Jacques Rivette has passionately expressed his admiration) and we hope these screenings—a rare chance to see the movie in 35mm—will further bolster its rep.”

APRIL 20
Graham Parker and the Figgs play City Winery.

JANUARY 26

JANUARY 26–FEBRUARY 25
Paintings by Karim Ghidinelli at Cheryl Hazan Gallery.

JANUARY 28–FEBRUARY 25
“From Parts Unknown” at Space B Gallery, featuring “works by Daniel Caspera, Marc Connor, and Andy Aaron. Seemingly from another time or place, these artists’ artworks are truly unique to themselves through narrative or craft.”

JANUARY 28–MARCH 17
Art in General‘s winter exhibits open: Mounira Al Solh, Katrin Sigurdardóttir, and Theresa Himmer.

JANUARY 31
The Tribeca Meet & Greet—organized by the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center—will be at Masters & Pelavin (6:30–9 p.m.). Come one, come all.

JANUARY 31–FEBRUARY 1
Joe Henry and Marc Ribot play City Winery.

FEBRUARY 4
The line-up for John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders at City Winery includes Edie Brickell and Tom Perrotta.

FEBRUARY 10
Harlem Comedy Renaissance at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.

FEBRUARY 21
Ed Roland and Kevin Griffith (of Collective Soul and Better Than Ezra) play City Winery.

APRIL 9
Kevin Costner and Modern West play City Winery.

THROUGH FEBRUARY 18
“Kansas is pleased to present ‘Cheat Chains and Telephone,’ a group exhibition featuring new works by Fabienne Lasserre, Elisa Lendvay, John Newman and B. Wurtz. Opening January 14, the exhibition runs through February 18. By obscuring material hierarchy and challenging the codification of an art object, the artists in ‘Cheat Chains and Telephone’ expose the pluralism of sculptural assemblage.”

JANUARY 18
“The Annual MothSHOP All-Star Review” is at City Winery.

JANUARY 19–FEBRUARY 2
“Frontrunner Gallery is proud to present the paintings of Bryn McConnell in her first New York City solo exhibition! These paintings struggle, with grace, to combine the sometime conflicting worlds of the individual’s exterior and interior. The Form vs. The Formless. The Conscious vs. The Unconscious. The Seen vs. The Unseen. The Identity vs. The Spirit. It’s a battle with the self, in varying degrees of pretty brutality.”

JANUARY 22
At Space on White: “Join Mario the Magician [left] for an uplifting, inventive, and highly interactive magical performance for the young and young-at-heart! Part retro, part rock and roll, Mario is an artist and inventor who creates his own props. Mario’s old world looks and physical comedy style are reminiscent of his heroes, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, but he puts a thoroughly modern spin on everything he does.”

FEBRUARY 7–8
Two more Howie Day shows have been added at City Winery.

FEBRUARY 11
A production of “Clifford the Big Red Dog” is at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.

FEBRUARY 14
Richard Thompson plays an all-request show at City Winery.

APRIL 6–8
Anoushka Shankar plays City Winery.

JANUARY 7–29
The Piccolini Trio’s “Circus in a Trunk” is back at Canal Park Playhouse.

JANUARY 8
Saturday Night Fever screens for free at Tribeca Grand.

JANUARY 11
“Join 92YTribeca for a special conversation about The New Group’s production of Russian Transport, as playwright Erika Sheffer, actress Janeane Garofalo and moderator Julian Sheppard discuss the play’s backstory and its journey to the stage. Russian Transport is a suspenseful family drama set in the Russian Jewish community of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.”

JANUARY 14
At 92YTribeca: “The 2nd Annual Cabo Verde Expo of NYC brings the flavors and rhythms of the tiny island archipelago to New York City with an exposition of the music, film, fashion, and visual arts of Cabo Verde.  This year’s event will feature the music of: ZeRui DePina, a singer, composer and instrumentalist known for his unique voice, heartfelt compositions and dynamic stage presence; and Candida Rose, whose soulful renditions blend her Cape Verdean roots with her love of jazz, creating a style she’s coined KabuJazz. The event will also feature a film, art, and a fashion show spotlighting the creations of Cape Verdean-American artists.”

JANUARY 15
Taxi Driver screens for free at Tribeca Grand.

JANUARY 17–FEBRUARY 5
“What happens when you get six of the best figurative artists in the world together in one room? ‘After School Special,’ an exhibition featuring original work by the Full-time faculty of the New York Academy of Art. Harvey Citron, Catherine Howe, John Jacobsmeyer, Margaret McCann, Edward Schmidt, and Wade Schuman.”

JANUARY 19
Broadway Danny Rose screens at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 21
“92YTribeca proudly presents a special evening featuring two of the most talented pianists in modern jazz—Jason Moran and Geri Allen. Recently appointed the Kennedy Center’s Artistic Adviser for Jazz, groundbreaking jazz pianist/composer and 2010 MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran takes the stage with his trio The Bandwagon, featuring bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits. [...] This concert also features a special solo performance by pianist, composer, and educator Geri Allen, a musician of extraordinary breadth and exceptional sensitivity.”

JANUARY 22
Sweet Smell of Success screens for free at Tribeca Grand.

JANUARY 25
At 92YTribeca: The Telephone Book (1971). “Super rare 35mm film screening of a forgotten classic from the New York Underground! Sexually frustrated gamine Alice (Sarah Kennedy) is freed from her apartment-bound malaise when she receives the world’s greatest obscene phone call from one ‘John Smith,’ sending her on a picaresque journey through the Manhattan white pages in search of its maker. As Alice encounters ego-crazed porn directors, perverted psychologists, and priapic shut-ins, her trip grows more and more deranged, interrupted by first-person interviews with phone freaks and climaxing in one of the nuttiest half-hours of 1970s cinema.”

JANUARY 28, FEBRUARY 11 AND 18
The BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center is proud to present the talented winners of this year’s Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in piano. This year’s three finalists—Kristopher Bowers in First Place, Joshua White in Second Place and Emmet Cohen in Third Place—will perform three solo concerts on January 28, February 11, and February 18 respectively.

JANUARY 28
Beaches sing-and-cry-along at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 29
Wall Street screens for free at Tribeca Grand.

FEBRUARY 3
Husband-wife duo The Bengsons bring their Vaudevillian indie folk back to 92YTribeca.

FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 3
“Soho Photo Gallery is honored to present the winners of its second Small Works National Competition [...]. We initiated this competition to recognize those photographers who still enjoy the discipline of creating small masterpieces in an era when large photographs—very large—are in vogue. The competition’s rules stated that the height and width of entries could not exceed six inches in each direction.”

FEBRUARY 14
At Pen Parentis‘s free literary salon: Writers Austin Ratner, Stephen Stark, and Amelia Kahaney.

MARCH 27–28
Joan Osborne plays City Winery. You may like her for “One of Us,” but I always preferred “Right Hand Man.”

APRIL 25–26
The Bacon Brothers play City Winery.

Sex
68.7% female
31.3% male

Age
Under 25: 2.4%
25–34: 20.3%
35–49: 50.4%
50–64: 22.5%
65 or over: 4.4%

Children in household
I botched the formatting of this question. Live and learn!

Where do you live?
Tribeca: 71.6%
Battery Park City: 10.3%
FiDi (to the east or south of the WTC): 5.1%
Elsewhere in New York City: 7.6%
Elsewhere in New York State (but not NYC): .2%
Elsewhere: 5.1%

Do you work south of Canal or in west Soho?
Yes: 38.7%
No: 54.6%

Annual household income:
Under $200,000: 35.8%
$200,000–$500,000: 35.8%
$500,000–$1 million: 15.3%
$1 million–$3 million: 9.6%
Over $3 million: 3.4%

Do you own your apartment or house?
Yes: 51.7%
No: 48.3%

How many times a week do you eat out in the area?
Zero: 8.6%
1–2: 62.9%
3–5: 24.6%
More than 5: 3.9%

How often do you read TribecaCitizen.com or the Tribeca Citizen email newsletter?
More than once a day: 7.8%
Daily: 27.4%
Several times a week: 48.7%
Once a week: 12.7%
A couple times a month: 2.2%
Monthly: 1.2%

Have you ever bought something you read about on Tribeca Citizen?
Yes: 56.1%
No: 43.9%
This was one of the handful of questions with a write-in field. Far and away, the number one response a variation on “restaurants,” followed by “sample sales” and “pop-ups.” A lot of folks mentioned deals as being particularly likely to get them to try something new. (And many specific businesses were mentioned, but I’ll spare you the list, as happy as I was to see all the names.)

Have you ever frequented a business you read about on Tribeca Citizen?
Yes: 92.4%
No: 7.6%
This question was probably a bit too much like the one before it, because there was a lot of “See the last question” and a lot of “restaurants.” And there was a lot more of Laughing Man, a.k.a. “Hugh Jackman’s coffee shop.”

Have you ever attended an event you read about on Tribeca Citizen?
Yes: 51.1%
No: 48.9%

Do you regularly read any of the following?
New York Times (82.0%), New York Magazine (55.1%), Tribeca Trib (51.3%), Curbed (32.7%), Eater (31.7%), Downtown Express (30.7%), New York Post (23.9%), DNAinfo (16.0%), Broadsheet Daily (15.7%), New York Daily News (7.1%), Our Town Downtown (3.0%). The only other media to be written in more than once or twice were the Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker.

Do you notice the ads on Tribeca Citizen?
Yes: 70.3%
No: 29.7%

Why do you read Tribeca Citizen? And/or what do you wish it would do differently?
There were 289 responses to this question, most of which said they read it because they like knowing what’s going on in the neighborhood. Which is great! I’m tempted to post all of them in one major list so you can feel better that you are not alone. But that might be a tad self-serving…. So here are ones that I thought were especially notable—totally unedited—with responses in italics.

Warning: If this post has already started to bug you, stop reading now.

• needs other voices, guest columnists, but good please keep going // When I started out, I thought there would be tons of people who would want to contribute—maybe they had their own Tribeca-ish blogs, and we could band together, sort of like the Huffington Post, but not crappy. A few people have written—some wonderful posts!—but there’s no money to pay them, and they have lives, so they tend not to come back. (I suppose they could not like how I edit them.) I think maybe some folks get discouraged that I know so much about what goes on around here; what would they add? I’m still open to it, but I refuse to post anything that I don’t think people will care about, so please do email me if you’re interested, but don’t be surprised if I try to shape the topic. Once an editor, always an editor.

• To feel part of the neighborhood when I do not have time to walk everywhere, not the money or time to taste everything and to know what is going on architecturally…Love the Q&A, love the updates on the neighborhood, love the apartments’ peeking… // The Loft Peeping posts have become a favorite of mine, too. If anyone out there sees a Lower Manhattan home in a shelter magazine or website, please let me know.

• There really isn’t anything gives the scoop in the hood like your site – while there is hard news at other sites – finding out what’s up with that wine place about Frankly Wines is something I’ve always wondered about but you finally answered. TC def fills a niche // I love when people email their questions (tribecacitizen@gmail.com). In fact, I got a good one this past weekend….

• I love a blog that focuses on our neighborhood. Awesome job. I tried to donate via paypal but the link was broken. Can you put new one on? // Done.

• I know that you need to cater to affluent people and things they might purchase, but tribeca is not all gourmet restaurants and overpriced kids clothing stores. It would be nice to have some content covering the not to shiny, but also present businesses etc that exist here. Still love the site! // Here’s the thing: One of the main reasons people read the site is to find out what’s new—I know because they told me in this survey, and I see it in the traffic numbers—and what’s new around here is shiny. Existing businesses are tough to cover because they are less likely to have news, and I refuse to do anniversary articles, because they’re the lazy writer’s news peg. The main reason I came up with the TCQ&A was so people could mention businesses that might not otherwise get press.

• Clean up the site and make it more condensed and similar to the CNN website with different categories with headline links to the stories. Love to read the Smithers’ smackdowns. // (Hold that close to your heart, Smithers, because it’s going to get ugly soon.) When I had the idea for the site, I didn’t know if I’d want to keep doing it, or if locals would want it. So I spent as little money as possible, and I’ve learned as little about the technology as possible. I still haven’t decided if the site can ever be more than a hobby, which makes me wary of investing in making it a real website. But if money were no object, yes, it would look better. Would it be organized by subject? I don’t know. I like when different topics bump up against each other.

• To keep current on what’s happening in the neighborhood, regardless of whether it’s relevant to me or not. You keep it pretty real and interesting, and although I am a mom of two and am a very active triburbian, I find the mom-talk offered by other local blogs/newspapers to be endless, disenchanting, and downright boring. It’s really refreshing to read your posts, particularly the quirky off-beat reports you provide. I also like the tone. // Thanks! Not everyone agrees.

• It is local. It keeps me informed about what is happening in the locale. Question – should you consider being the “Patch” for Tribeca and Downtown to give you more scale? // On one hand, that could make the site more appealing to a certain advertiser. But to another—a Tribecan one, say—it diminishes it; why would they pay for readers who live farther away? Other problems with increasing the scale are resources (don’t have any) and reader interest (do Tribecans want to read about FiDi more than I already cover it?). If anything, I’d love to start a West Village site, and a Chelsea site, and so on, until there’s a network of sites. Sort of like Curbed’s personality crossed with DNAinfo’s budget, but with each site retaining an independent integrity.

• I like to know what’s happening in my neighborhood. I would like to see a list of weekly events (for kids and adults) happening in the downtown area. // I gave up on the calendar because maintaining it was a soul-drainer. It was the same handful of organizations over and over. At the end of the day, I had to factor in whether they’d ever advertise if I was giving away the milk for free (to quote Ann Landers), and whether readers valued it enough to make the effort worthwhile (the traffic numbers said no). I’d guess that HRP Mamas has some sort of events info? I can’t access it because I don’t have a human child.

• Love the info about the neighborhood. Info on dinner & drink specials, wine tastings, chef demos & gallery events is always appreciated. // Maybe there’s a way I could sell event listings for $5 or $10 per pop. I’ll think about it.

• To learn about new openings/closings, latest news and Jim Smithers. Maybe show more recent comments instead of only the last 5 or so. // Now that people comment as much as they do—which is fantastic—that’s a good idea. I bumped it up to eight. More than that and the second ad space goes “below the fold.”

• I read it for local news. Find a new tone. The editor seems to be going for clever and snarky but achieves only the snark. So far, DNAinfo and other neighborhood guides are more informative and readable. Sorry. // Thanks for the “Sorry.” I worry about the tone—and you should see what I cut before posting—but enough people like it that it’s not going anywhere. Much of this is gruntwork, and making myself laugh is one of the things that keeps me doing the site.

• Mainly follow on twitter – would like more recommendations on where to eat out // Meet the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.

• i love how curious you are! thank you for keeping your neighbors informed about everything tribeca and the general area. we’ve been living in tribeca since 1995 and seen so much change that it’s hard to keep up. i don’t wish you to do anything differently really…but, perhaps, i’m not too fond of the format of the newletter…i prefer the more organized look of the homepage. otherwise, please don’t get too slick! tribeca has lost some of it’s character and as a result has become a bit too trendy and slick. thank you! // The look of the newsletter is a pet peeve. The next major investment will be to make it more professional. I don’t think it’ll ever get slick, though.

• Best source of what’s happening in the neighborhood. Love the editorial commentary – and editor’s sense of what’s funny. Maybe there’s a premium version you could charge for to make some $. I’d buy it. // Or you could just donate! Kidding, sort of. That sort of thing costs money to build, and I remain unsure where this project is headed. Also, the macro trend these days is to not pay for content, despite what the New York Times is attempting.

• Makes me feel a part of the community–like I know what is going on. I like walking around the hood and knowing what changes are happening because I read about it on Tribeca Citizen. I like that I am up to date with any local politics (school zoning, stop sign installments, etc). AND I love love love Tribeca Tweets!! I like “where in Tribeca” because I find myself looking around for the item posted…makes me look at the details on buildings more. I like that you keep us up to date with any sales–I feel like I am one of the first to know because read about it here. I like your humor. Basically, I feel like you are a friend…a friend I have never met but that I look forward to hearing from daily. Thank you!!! ps..my husband is a subscriber also and he says “did you read today…” We both get your emails but I read you on Facebook :) // You’re welcome!

• Wish there was a community notice board where readers could post information as well // I’ve thought about that, and even looked into it. My main concern (besides the cost of building it): I don’t want to spend all day getting rid of the spam, and even if I do, I worry it’ll become full of self-promotional posts that no one wants to read. In the meantime, you can always email questions or info to tribecacitizen@gmail.com.

• Great way to keep informed on what is going on in the neighborhood. News, school zoning, new restaurant, stores opening. Also, love the banter and neighborhood vibe of the comments. I feel more part of the neighborhood by reading. Thank you and keep up the good work! // I love the comments too! I remember when the first comment came in. I was so excited! Then I realized it was spam.

• I read TC because it is all about Tribeca, the neighborhood I love and live in. Why don’t you have a Tribeca Citizen event so that people can meet each other. Believe it or not, there are single people here. Not just stroller moms. i really like the 12 tweets of tribeca. they are nasty and i like that you don’t edit them. thx // An event could be fun. I did suggest once that we try out Uncle Mike’s, but no one took me up on it. If that’s too downmarket for you shiny folks, we can try somewhere else. Or if someone reading this owns an establishment, get in touch.

• You/re pretty cool as is. Maybe give cats equal time to that dog. (Love the dog though). (I read the RSS feeds so don’t usually see the ads). // Ditch the RSS and we can talk about the cats.

• I sell a lot of real estate in Tribeca and you help me keeping in the loop.. one day I’ll move here too :) // In the meantime, you should be advertising here. Here’s a promotional video just for you.

• It’s a great source of information about the neighborhood. I often find it answers questions I have about things going on in the area or stores/restaurants coming in. It also alerts me to things that I might not have otherwise discovered because they’re outside my usual walking patterns. I really like the interviews with local residents and their tips on places that they frequent for dining, shopping, etc. The one thing I don’t like are the digest posts that just rehash everything that was already posted in the last several days. It seems like they’re not really necessary. // Those are the newsletters. Many folks only read the site when the email newsletter shows up, and for technical reasons, it has to appear on the site like it’s a normal post. I’ve tried to build Tribeca Citizen so that you can keep up if you want info daily or only once or twice a week. For all my nosiness, I don’t actually want to be intrusive.

• I live in and love Tribeca and your publication is the best source of all that goes on in Tribeca. My only advice for the publication would be to use fewer links if possible for the information provided. I find myself spending almost as much time clicking on links and waiting for them to open as I do reading the content. Otherwise, I love your publication. // If you mean there are too many links in the newsletters, that’s because I’m trying to get you to read the site, where the ads are (or will be). If I don’t make you come to the site, my traffic numbers don’t go up, and advertisers get less interested. If you mean there are too many links within posts (such as “In the News” ones), it’s a point of pride that I “link out” whenever someone else came up with the story first. Not everyone plays so fair.

• The Tweets of Tribeca are like a train wreck. I’m not sure they add real value, but I find myself reading them. // For everyone tweet I post, I read hundreds, possibly thousands. Think about what that is doing to my mind.

• Great information about local businesses, restaurants and events. Really clever writing. And I want to win “where in Tribeca” one of these weeks. // Good luck.

• I think it is the greatest! It is the ONLY paper that keeps me truly informed re: my neighborhood! Keep up the good work!! Maybe ban Jim from Where in Tribeca, lol! // Now that’s a thought….

• I love this site and look forward to the Monday/Thursday editions. I just wish it would be profitable so I don’t worry about losing it. // Ahem.

• I really like the writer of TC–I like his approach, his writing style, what he covers, etc. I like that he creates a sense of community. I love the profiles of Tribecans that TC sometimes does–I love finding out about what they like and their tips. I like learning about what businesses are coming soon. I like the “where is this” photo question–one magical aspect of Tribeca is the beautiful little details on buildings. However, I do wish that comments would remain generally productive. And, I wish that one commentator in particular would be less hostile–in the recent kerfluffle over schools, I thought that the comments by “Jim Smithers” were mean-spirited and snide. I prefer it when people are more helpful. Parents are upset and emotional about their kids. I don’t have kids, just my dog and cats, so I acknowledge that it’s sometimes hard to relate. But, I feel that mean-spirited comments take away from the great paper that TC is and the community feeling. The anonymity of the Internet allows some to assume pseudonyms and say some very harsh things that are just so unneeded–esp if one doesn’t have kids. Thank you for your hard work. Cheers & happy holidays. // Not too long ago, Jim Smithers emailed me to ask if there was a way to donate anonymously (because I don’t know who he is, and he likes it that way). I said I didn’t think he needed to donate—he gives enough just by participating to the extent that he does. I don’t always agree with him—I often don’t—but I’m incredibly grateful that he’s there. And I like that he makes people think. I understand that may not make you more comfortable with some of his comments, but there it is.

• it’s news about my neighborhood; has interesting info and observations. i think it’s a bit awkward to get from the newsletter to the blog and the topics on the blog are all over the place. can’t seem to figure out how to just read a section without continually clicking on each topic/article i want to read about. thanks for doing this. // A possible solution: Whenever you get the newsletter, go to tribecacitizen.com, and scroll down (clicking “older posts” if necessary) until you see the last newsletter post. Everything above that will be new. The organization is still a mess—the categories are kind of a joke, thanks to the “In the News” and “Seen & Heard” round-ups—but I’m not sure how to fix that.

• As a Tribeca resident, it’s nice to have a community newsletter. The site is well organized, up to date, usable, presentable, and interesting. A revenue growth strategy could include: potential subscription fees, increased advertising, revenue sharing from referrals to businesses, more active donation solicitation. // But I already feel like a schmuck for mentioning donations three times in this post! Increased advertising would be lovely, it’s true. I’m not very aggressive about selling it because (a) I don’t have the bandwidth, (b) I feel awkward being the editor and the salesperson. I would never want anyone to think I’ll only write about their business if they advertise.

• It’s there….also to find out new stuff about the neighborhood. Stop being so amazed that life actually existed here well before the trendy infilitrated! // I try to have a healthy sense of wonder about everything; it helps counter the snark. Also, I think that many newcomers are interested in what life was like here back then.

• I love New York City and live close by (in the West Village). There is no other neighborhood blog that is so well written and thought out. And I spend a lot of time in TriBeCa as a freelance writer in coffee shops, at friends’ apartments and grocery shopping in peace (no elbowing necessary) at the Whole Foods. Considering a move to TriBeCa someday–we shall see! Thanks for a wonderful site. // Funny, I’ve been thinking about moving to the West Village.

• I LOVE our new neighborhood and am amazed how much is always happening here. Id like to see more interviews with notable/interesting people who live in the neighborhood (Id be happy to be a subject, I own my own business and love to talk about the hood). // Email me at tribecacitizen@gmail.com.

• I read Tribeca Citizen because it (you) condenses all of the relevant neighborhood information in one place. I also like following the Community Board without actually having to attend the meetings. // I bet you do. They’re dreadful.

• I like to know about the new stores, restaurants, and services that are coming to the neighborhood. I wonder if there are ways to create a “Tribeca Citizen” community– either of local business owners or Tribeca Citizen events at local places. Also think it would be fun to have groups of Tribeca Citizen readers/locals select the best cup of coffee, the best cookie, the best sandwich, the best slice of pizza, etc. // Love the “best” idea! I’ll work on it.

• Love the local news from a neighbor’s perspective. I think it should take more advertising, potentially from out of neighborhood sources, so that it continues to grow and thrive. // The best thing you can do to make that happen is to tell local businesses that you read about them on Tribeca Citizen. And yes, non-neighborhood advertisers would be great. In theory, local advertisers should be willing to pay more for readers who they know live in the area, while larger advertisers might prefer to go wider. Then again, Tribeca is a juicy demographic—and I’ve always wondered why upscale brands advertise on buses, pay phones, etc. You’re getting a lot of useless “eyeballs.”

• I really like it. Maybe more stuff for kids? I am really just guessing at this point. I love the real neighborhood gems you find and totally trust your judgement. I have a house in E Hampton, I would love that you cover that area too! // Got a guest room?

JANUARY 5–FEBRUARY 18
“Steven Katzman: Human Abstract” is at Masters & Pelavin: “This will be the artist’s first exhibition at the gallery and in NYC. Steven Katzman is a self-taught photographer who has combined, over the years, his long-time interest in political science with his professional photographic journey. His work combines the conceptual ‘straight’ photographic style of Andres Serrano; the grotesque, yet, beautiful ‘staged’ photographic style of Joel-Peter Witken and the intimate ‘street’ photographic style of Diane Arbus.” That’s his photo above.

JANUARY 10
“At the Pen Parentis Literary Salon’s Robert Burns Celebration, join poets Marie Howe, Evan and Joanna Smith Rakoff, Martin MacKinnon, and Tina Chang at the Libertine at Gild Hall (a Thompson Hotel at 15 Gold Street) as they read some of Burns’ poems and some of their own and discuss the means of balancing a literary life with an active family. We hear there may be whiskey in addition to the usual wine bar. [...] Admission is free. 7pm start. [...] Only 21+ please.”

JANUARY 19–FEBRUARY 12
These Seven Sicknesses is at the Flea: “In These Seven Sicknesses, Sophocles’ seven surviving plays—Oedipus, In Trachis, Philoktetes, In Colonus, Ajax, Elektra & Antigone—combine to create a stunning portrait of the human condition, where the intermingling of chance & fate yields disquieting results. Standout Tribeca dining destination Macao Trading Co. will provide a complimentary Asian fusion feast at all performances”

FEBRUARY 18–MARCH 25
Adapted from the book by Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical is at Manhattan Children’s Theatre: “Trixie, Daddy, and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood Laundromat. But the exciting adventure takes a dramatic turn when Trixie realizes somebunny was left behind…. This hilariously brilliant and moving musical tells a true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddy’s in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.”

MARCH 29–30
Mason Jennings plays City Winery.

MARCH 31–APRIL 28
The Lonely Phone Booth, adapted from the book by Peter Ackerman, has its world premiere at Manhattan Children’s Theatre: “The story of one of the last remaining phone booths in New York City, on the corner of West End Avenue and 100th Street. Everyone used it from ballerinas and Girl Scouts, zookeepers and birthday clowns, to cellists and even secret agents! The Phone Booth was so beloved that people would sometimes wait in line to use it—until the day a businessman strode by talking into a shiny silver object.”

DECEMBER 31
At 92YTribeca: “Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra is a 12-piece explosion of music led by Brother Joscephus and his eccentric cohort, the Right Reverend Dean Dawg. The band dips heavily into a musical gumbo rich with New Orleans rhythms, old school soul, classic rock stylings and feel-good gospel music. Also on the bill is Philadelphia’s six-piece funk ensemble Swift Technique.”

JANUARY 4
The Beguiled (1971) screens at 92YTribeca: “Wounded union soldier Clint Eastwood is the only man at an all-girls southern boarding school run by emotionally repressed headmistress Geraldine Page. Attempting to manipulate the students and staff with his charm and good looks, Eastwood opens a Pandora’s box of sexual jealousy that can only lead to tragedy and violence.”

JANUARY 6
At City Winery: “Grammy winning violinist Joshua Bell and acclaimed pianist Jeremy Denk release their new album French Impressions.”

JANUARY 6
Horror film The House by the Cemetery screens at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 10
Zach Kutsher and Alan Wilzig of Kutsher’s Tribeca talk at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 12
“Daily Show” writers do stand-up comedy at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 12–FEBRUARY 11
“Hionas Gallery is pleased to announce ‘Just Past Happy,’ an exhibition featuring Chris Wyllie’s paintings on found objects, comprised mostly of new works created in 2011. The paintings, although figurative, evoke the minimalistic feel of a pinup girl silhouette, allowing the eye to rest on a subtle outline or clean curve.”

MARCH 2 AND MARCH 7
Todd Rundgren added two dates at City Winery.

DECEMBER 17–19
Kathleen Supové and the Electric Sheep play the Flea: “One of America’s most acclaimed interpreters of contemporary music for piano and keyboard, Kathleen Supové brings listeners four engagingly futuristic pieces by emerging composers in this evening of cutting-edge new music.”

JANUARY 1
Joseph Arthur and Tift Merritt play City Winery. No offense to Arthur, but I want Merritt alone!

JANUARY 25
The Museum of Jewish Heritage hosts the New York premiere of The Chosen, adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok from the novel by Chaim Potok; the staged reading is directed by Jonathan Solari. “Set in 1940s Brooklyn, The Chosen tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two young Jewish men—one, the son of an influential Hasidic spiritual leader, the other, the son of a renowned Zionist professor.”

FEBRUARY 15
At the Museum of Jewish Heritage: “Sway Machinery plays traditional Jewish music funky enough for a nightclub that combines soulful Yiddish and Hebrew melodies with  rock n’ roll and rowdy brass lines into what the Village Voice calls a ‘joyful synthesis.’ In their latest album, the super group combines neo-cantorial vocals with the mystical traditions of Mali. The band is joined by the experimental trio Piano Music and Song.”

FEBRUARY 25
Ben Lee plays City Winery.

FEBRUARY 26
At the Museum of Jewish Heritage: “The Mama Doni Band is back for a pre-Purim concert featuring brand-new songs and a costume parade. Families will receive free CDs and giveaways. The day’s events are geared for children ages 3 to 10.”

FEBRUARY 26–27
Todd Rundgren plays City Winery.

MARCH 11
Paula Cole plays City Winery.

MARCH 23–24
Tim Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House, the Finn Brothers) plays City Winery.

DECEMBER 4
The Slow Food Show at New Amsterdam Market “will feature a select number of start-ups and is open to the public at no charge.”

DECEMBER 6–30
R 20th Century presents “The Objects Show.” See photo for explanation.

DECEMBER 8–29
“One Art Space presents ‘Holiday Art Show,’ a group exhibition by nine artists from different generations and origins with a variation of subjects and media. All artworks will be under $1,000 and part of the profit will be donated to a local homeless charity.”

DECEMBER 11
“The Second Israeli-Russian Film Festival is starting with all-day program on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich. Reception will follow at the Anne Frank Center USA.”

DECEMBER 16
Tin Pan plays the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center: “Drawing from elements of jazz, blues, country, and rock, Tin Pan produces a sound that encompasses the full spectrum of American Roots-style music. The intention of its style is pure and simple: to be enjoyed and to make people dance.”

DECEMBER 16–17
Poets House‘s winter book sale: ‘Come enjoy some cider and peruse a selection of duplicates for sale in the Stanley Kunitz Conference Room on the 2nd floor during our normal hours. All proceeds benefit the library.”

DECEMBER 16–JANUARY 28
“FB Gallery is pleased to present ‘Metropole Remix,’ the first exhibition by Brazilian artist Alê Souto [left] in New York. ‘Metropole Remix’ recreates an imaginary city inspired by the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. The exhibition consist of a mural encompassing the whole first floor of the gallery, four big scale canvases, 10 original prints, a series of drawings (Suburbio remix), and three site specific installations. Alê Souto’s metropolis raises issues which are common of any great world city: Loneliness, mobility, social divide and how technology impacts the urban and human landscape.”

DECEMBER 17
Scott Weiland has a Christmas album (!) and he’ll be playing it at City Winery.

JANUARY 1
Grayson Hugh will be playing a concert at V Café (a.k.a. Viet Café): “Here is a rare opportunity to hear internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Grayson Hugh and singer Polly Messer perform some of Grayson’s new songs from his new release “An American Record” and his past hits in an intimate, acoustic setting.”

JANUARY 4–FEBRUARY 4
Soho Photo is pleased to announce that January’s guest exhibitor will be Gao Yuan, a Chinese-born artist who will present three bodies of work—’Grafitti,’ ‘Twelve Moons’ and ‘Chinese Gangster’ under the umbrella title, ‘Un(Re)Marked.’ Yuan says: ‘I like to use photography to probe and search the surface of appearances. The first and most fundamental territory that we inhabit is the territory of our own body. The way we adorn it is emblematic of personal and social identity. Patterning the surface of our body serves a dual function of both obscuring and proclaiming, masking vulnerable identity and marking individual status. There is also a contradiction in the act of tattooing as it asserts difference but also shows the willingness to subsume one’s individual identity within a sub-group.’” Also: Member exhibits by Sandy Carrion, Lois Youmans, Sandi Daniel, and Rosalie Frost.

JANUARY 9, 16, 23, AND 30, AND FEBRUARY 6
Steve Earle plays City Winery with Alison Moorer (“and friends”).